Ad tech company Advrty introduced the beta release of their patent pending VR platform for native advertising. The company makes immersive ads seamlessly integrated into three-dimensional worlds of VR games and applications. The platform enables advertisers and brands to meet their consumers in new and innovative, context-driven experiences. The technology will be presented at Pocket […]
Inspired Pet Nutrition, the family-run business whose Wagg and Harringtons brands make it the UK’s largest independent producer of dry pet food, is investing in shoppable ads and content, making it even easier for consumers to buy products directly from them. IPN has been working with add to basket tech firm Adimo to enable customers […]
New research assessing the current and future state of the martech industry, has found that the UK and US martech market is growing exponentially as demand for new tools continues to rise. The survey released on September 12 by Moore Stephens, the top ten global accountancy firm, and WARC, the global authority on advertising and […]
Marmite, Unilever’s famous spread, has launched a new digital experience that analyses your emotions whilst you taste Marmite, to discover, in real-time, whether you are likely to be born a lover or a hater. The technology has been developed by digital creative agency AnalogFolk. Visit tasteface.marmite.co.uk on your mobile and try some Marmite. TasteFace and […]
China has become the first nation to embrace facial recognition technology to authorise digital payments following an innovative play by Alibaba to ease queues in local KFC restaurants. The so-called ‘smile to pay’ service has been introduced in the city of Huangzhou as part of a trial with the chicken chain to boost the customer […]
MarComm News’ Hit Parade brings you our selection of the “hit” projects of the month. The highlights for August 2017 include social, design, advertising and digital projects: 1) Kind Words Ringback Tone by GS Caltex GS Caltex wanted to decrease the stress level of employees in call centers. Customer abusive comments are something that everyone knows but no […]
Walmart is going toe-to-toe with Amazon on voice ordering after partnering with Google to enable the US retailer’s customers to buy goods through Assistant on their Google Home devices. Walmart joins the likes of Costco and Target on Google Express, which enables shoppers to shop at popular stores through its app, website, or by voice […]
The world of work is being disrupted. New models for careers and workplaces are emerging thick and fast. Modern Nomads is a new start up which provides practical support for those who want to be ‘remote workers’ – professionals who use technology to work from anywhere in the world and demand the freedom to combine […]
MarComm News’ Hit Parade brings you our selection of the “hit” projects of the month. The highlights for July 2017 include technology, design, advertising and viral projects: 1) “The Homo-schlepiens” by SodaStream Although it has not been the most viral ad of July, SodaStream‘s “The Homo-schlepiens” didn’t fair too shabbily, racking up over five million views at the […]
Domino’s, one of the UK’s favourite pizza, is once again pioneering the use of new technologies to make ordering a pizza even easier, with voice-activated ordering through Amazon’s Echo and Dot devices. Working closely with its innovation agency We Are Social, Domino’s now allows customers with an Easy Order profile to place an order for […]